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style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Javvadhu hills, cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai district.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Palar_River" title="Palar River">Palar River</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="a photo by aakash deep" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg/288px-Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg" decoding="async" width="288" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg/432px-Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg/576px-Vedhapureshwar_temple_at_bank_of_cheyyar_river.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2340" /></a><figcaption>Cheyyar river</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Cheyyaru River</b> is an important seasonal river that runs through the <a href="/wiki/Thiruvannamalai_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvannamalai District">Tiruvannamalai District</a> of the state of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Palar_River" title="Palar River">Palar River</a>, a river which originates in <a href="/wiki/Javadi_Hills" title="Javadi Hills">Jawadhu Hills</a> and flows through Thiruvannamalai district before entering into the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a>. The river receives most of its water from the Northeast and Southwest monsoons and is the major source of irrigation for several villages, including the towns of <a href="/wiki/Cheyyar" title="Cheyyar">Cheyyaru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vandavasi" title="Vandavasi">Vandavasi</a> along its bank.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples">Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheyyar_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An ancient temple, the <a href="/wiki/Vedapureeswarar_Temple,_Cheyyar" title="Vedapureeswarar Temple, Cheyyar">Vedapureeswarar Temple</a> anciently known as Vedhanadeshwarar temple situated on the bank of the river at Cheyyar town. There is a legend that <a href="/wiki/Thirugnana_Sambandar" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirugnana Sambandar">Thirugnana Sambandar</a>, one of the four great <a href="/wiki/Saivite" class="mw-redirect" title="Saivite">saivite</a> saints, visited the temple and changed a male palm tree to a female palm tree which can yield palm fruit by singing verses in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>. The ancient name for Cheyyaru river is Sei Aaru (Child river) meaning that the river is created for a child to play. Legend says that Goddess Parvathi (Balakusalambigai or Ilamulainayagi) made a line on the earth's surface with her Trisul to make a river for her son, Lord Muruga to play. 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River">Bhavani</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cheyyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittar_River" title="Chittar River">Chittar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooum_River" title="Cooum River">Cooum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomukhi_River" title="Gomukhi River">Gomukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaveri" title="Kaveri">Kaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedilam_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kedilam River">Kedilam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodaganar_River" title="Kodaganar River">Kodaganar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodavanar_River" title="Kodavanar River">Kodavanar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokkiliyar_River" title="Kokkiliyar River">Kokkiliyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollidam_River" title="Kollidam River">Kollidam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosasthalaiyar_River" title="Kosasthalaiyar River">Kosasthalaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manimuktha_River" title="Manimuktha River">Manimuktha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manimuthar_River_(tributary_of_Thamirabarani)" title="Manimuthar River (tributary of Thamirabarani)">Manimuthar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjalar_River" title="Manjalar River">Manjalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyar_River" title="Moyar River">Moyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadari_River" title="Nadari River">Nadari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambiyar_River" title="Nambiyar River">Nambiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanganjiyar_River" title="Nanganjiyar River">Nanganjiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noyyal_River" title="Noyyal River">Noyyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pachaiyar_River" title="Pachaiyar River">Pachaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahrali_River" title="Pahrali River">Pahrali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palar_River" title="Palar River">Palar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pambar_River_(Northern_Tamil_Nadu)" title="Pambar River (Northern Tamil Nadu)">Pambar (North)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pambar_River_(Southern_Tamil_Nadu)" title="Pambar River (Southern Tamil Nadu)">Pambar (South)</a></li> <li><a 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title="Chitlapakkam Lake">Chitlapakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholavaram_aeri" title="Cholavaram aeri">Cholavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Lake_(Chennai)" title="ICF Lake (Chennai)">ICF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliveli_Lake" title="Kaliveli Lake">Kaliveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazhuveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazhuveli">Kazhuveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodaikanal_Lake" title="Kodaikanal Lake">Kodaikanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolavai_Lake" title="Kolavai Lake">Kolavai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korattur_Aeri" title="Korattur Aeri">Korattur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madambakkam_Lake" title="Madambakkam Lake">Madambakkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhavaram_Lake" title="Madhavaram Lake">Madhavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maduranthakam_Lake" title="Maduranthakam Lake">Maduranthakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangal_Lake_(Chennai)" title="Mangal Lake (Chennai)">Mangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathiyampatti_Lake" title="Mathiyampatti Lake">Mathiyampatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mookaneri_Lake" title="Mookaneri Lake">Mookaneri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ooty_Lake" title="Ooty Lake">Ooty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallavaram_Lake" title="Pallavaram Lake">Pallavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parakkai_Lake" title="Parakkai Lake">Parakkai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paruthipattu_Lake" title="Paruthipattu Lake">Paruthipattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perungudi_Lake" title="Perungudi Lake">Perungudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porur_Lake" title="Porur Lake">Porur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perumal_Eri" title="Perumal Eri">Perumal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulhal_Lake" title="Pulhal Lake">Pulhal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulicat_Lake" title="Pulicat Lake">Pulicat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pykara" title="Pykara">Pykara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakkal_Lake" title="Ramakkal Lake">Ramakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hills_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Hills Lake">Red Hills</a></li> <li><a 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